![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, his political blind spots and disregard for the Chiss’s family-led government hierarchy mean the Chiss authorities don’t trust him. Thrawn is the only one tactically brilliant enough to see their plan before it is set in motion. ![]() Aliens called the Nikardun (their species is generally used as a synonym for their military) are gathering forces to try to take over neighboring species. The Ascendancy series follows Grand Admiral Thrawn’s early years in the mysterious Chiss territory, far before he joined the Galactic Empire. Zahn may be okay with writing the same book over and over, but I’m tired of reading them. In reality, for anyone who isn’t already under Thrawn’s spell, it’s repetitive, regressive, and boring, with nothing substantial (except those puzzles) to replace the missing characterization, context, and world-building. But the small smile on the Chiss’s face chilled him straight to the bone.” If this is what you’re coming to this book for - tactical puzzles where you won’t really know what the protagonist is doing or why, but get to play an adoring Watson to his cold Holmes - you’ll probably like this.Ĭhaos Rising is more of the same, a series of puzzles that breaks a lot of the rules that govern a decent novel for the sake of its riddles and tricks. About three quarters through the newest novel in Timothy Zahn’s long-running Thrawn series, a character notes that he “hadn’t the slightest idea what Thrawn was doing. ![]()
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